When my brother wrote the poem “Children of The Sun,” we loved it so much that we wanted to get it illustrated. I really wanted to do the illustrations. So, my mother spoke to our art teacher, Ms. Vicki Farmer. She agreed and guided my brother and me in illustrating this poem. I was very excited when we started doing them. Here I’ll describe the steps of one of the illustrations done by me. Continue reading Have you ever used shaving cream for an art project?
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Science Fair 2018
Boys participated in MSEF Region VII Lower Science Fair at Ole Miss. Arjun won 2nd place in the category of Physics and Astronomy and Kabir won 1st place in the category of Engineering. Also, Kabir’s project has been nominated for Broadcom Masters.
Oil Exploration with Arjun
After having read about oil exploration, we repeated the experiment that we had done with Kabir in 2014. We filled a shoebox with sand and small stones and somewhere in between, I hid a small plastic box with green and blue colored dishwashing liquid to represent oil. We taped a graph paper on top of the shoebox. We marked the directions for North, South, East and West. Then Arjun started exploring for oil by digging into our pretend earth with skewers. When he hit the spot, we used a pipette to suck out the oil. He had fun doing this.
Children of the Sun
Kabir wrote a poem on the Solar system and then both Kabir and Arjun created illustrations with the help of Mrs. Vicki Farmer. Here’s a little back-cover summary of the book.
Designed to introduce children to the solar system, this book attempts to teach facts about the planets around our sun, from Saturn’s Rings to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. However, in this case the story goes a step further. What if… every planet wasn’t just a sphere of rock or gas? If they each had personalities, what would they be like? Here is one artist’s attempt to represent their unique personalities, each with his or her own distinctive qualities and behaviors, through The Children of the Sun. Follow this poem through our solar system, and read for yourself these special virtues of each of the children of the Sun. At the same time, readers can learn scientific facts about the solar system. We hope that you may enjoy this poem, written and illustrated by children.
Please buy this book at Lulu.com (you should be able to find coupons). It’s a 50-page full color book. You may prefer Kindle version of “Children of The Sun.” You may want to purchase the audiobook of “Children of The Sun.”
Here’s are the social media pages: Facebook page for Children of The Sun, Twitter page for Children of The Sun, and Instagram page for Children of The Sun.
US Space and Rocket Center
Boys have attended and plan to attend most of the homeschool days at US Space and Rocket Center at Huntsville. They absolutely love it!
Fall Homeschool Day: For Kabir, topics covered were history of Space race and America’s role in it and about ISS. Arjun learnt about ISS and first rockets in the world. Both of them participated in hands-on activities and made a model of Earth and moon.
